Rufus King High School

MPS's first a ca****la team competed in a Pitch Perfect competition! They were featured on Lake Effect last week. Check out this article and listen to King's Chord perform a couple of their pieces.

Meet MPS’s first a ca****la team to compete in the real-life ‘Pitch Perfect’ competition King’s Chord is Rufus King High School’s a ca****la group. They’re the first Milwaukee Public School to compete in the International Championship of High School A Ca****la, the competition that inspired the hit movie "Pitch Perfect."

If you have an upcoming sophomore, junior or senior please pass on the information!! Deadlines have been extended. Mandatory meeting for all applicants Friday May 29th.

Last week, Rufus King High School senior Andy M. graduated from his WI Youth Apprenticeship, hosted at Milwaukee Tool. After studying the Steam Fitting trade over the past year, Andy is now set to begin his apprenticeship in Steam fitting this summer.

Attention Rufus King scholars.

The deadline to apply for the SCIENCE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY is in ONE WEEK! Apply now!
https://forms.gle/wRFJ7nanY7fuvhjR9

Rufus King Softball honored their 9 seniors tonight. They got the win against Bay View 15-3. Here are some highlights from the night!

We were thrilled to have two sold-out performances and wonderful attendance at our Doll's House shows!

Congratulations to the cast, crew, and advisors on a fantastic job! Their hard work and creativity really lit up the stage. We are incredibly proud of what the students accomplished and are so excited to see where our growing theater program goes from here.

Another King alum reached out and wanted to share their post-King journey...and this one has built a career out of IB!

Amy (Ausman) Clerides graduated in '86 and studied elementary education with a minor in French at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She spent 3 years teaching at Cherokee Heights Middle School in Madison, moved to Connecticut and taught middle school math for 4 years, completed a Masters in Education at Southern Connecticut State University. As if teaching wasn't enough, the "big adventure" began in 1998 when she moved with her husband to his home country of Cyprus!

Where is Cyprus? It's a beautiful island in the eastern Mediterranean. She taught at the American International School of Cyprus (AISC), completed a second Masters in Educational Leadership at Lehigh University, and has served as the K-12 Principal of AISC for more than a decade. Cyprus has been a great place to raise her family. Amy’s youngest son is in grade 11 at her school while her second son is studying in the Netherlands and her oldest daughter is working in Brussels.

Amy attended King for for both middle and high school and has great memories of talented and brilliant classmates and good friends, dynamic and committed teachers, forensics team weekend tournaments, going to the state championships in Madison to cheer on the 1984 basketball team, a junior year trip to France, and so much more. Taking IB courses at King at a time when it seemed that nobody really knew what IB was makes her current principalship at an IB World School that much more meaningful.

“My experience at King made me a life-long learner and gave me a solid foundation as a global citizen. I look back on my 7 years in that beautiful building surrounded by inspiring people with great fondness and gratitude.”

Rufus King family,

Maybe you remember hearing about The Shop in 310, two teachers (including King alum Mr. LeFlore) who build community and confidence in our young people by providing free haircuts after school. Their positive impact on our community has been featured on TV and in publications.

Check out this article about The Shop in 310 featuring Marquette alum and King teacher Mr. Johnson.
https://today.marquette.edu/2026/03/the-shop-in-310-more-than-a-haircut/

MCTS has been kind enough to donate bus tickets so that young people can come after school and still get home. If you'd also like to donate to The Shop in 310, check out their Amazon wish list.
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/SF88PZBM5Y6W?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ggr-subnav-share_26DFJ207QVGSHAYA7BBM

General's Stage's production of A Doll's House opens tonight at 6!

Tickets are $5 at the door. Come support the amazing work our students have been doing to put this production together.

rufuskinghs.com/generalsstage